The next phase involves close collaboration with key stakeholders, as well as FAA approval, with a goal to expand UAS flight operations into the airport operating area (AOA) – which was restricted in Phase I – with local air traffic control (ATC).

SAVANNAH, Georgia — Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport (SAV) is partnering with Woolpert to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) technologies … regarding the AirVenture ATC fees being assessed by the FAA. You’re absolutely right …

Drone Delivery Canada will begin testing its system at the New York Griffiss International Airport UAS Test site early this year. DDC has developed its own delivery drone and a flight management system. In June last year, the company performed beyond …

“If the FAA shuts down all operations,” Dombroff writes in the column, “the airport is essentially on lockdown—conditions in which it is perfectly safe for trained, monitored and authorized operators to fly UAS in service of defined tasks.” That means …

showed off one of the college’s many drones on Tuesday at the outdoor UAS Flight Lab on campus. The enclosed lab allows for drone training close to the airport without requiring further FAA approval. Villalobos said applications for drone use continues …

DJI’s ask was savvy: airports are not only restricted airspace, where drones can be problematic, but Camarillo Airport also happens to be one of the first in the country that was UAS-approved by the FAA, according to Martino. In other words, Martino and …

The Associated Press reports that the first section of this corridor has already been in use since September for unmanned aircraft testing by the Northeast UAS Airspace … and safe UAV operation. Griffis International Airport is the seventh FAA-designated …

According to a press release, 14 DEC pilots trained for several months under the guidance of the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research team at the FAA’s UAS test site at Griffiss International Airport in Rome, one of only six such sites in the nation.

Gary Judd, Bend Municipal Airport manager, notes that the FAA classifies Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as aircraft. “With this agreement, the Bend Municipal Airport is assured that all UAV operations conducted by the Warm Springs UAS program at the Bend …

This funding helps ensure that the workforce at the Air Force Research Lab, DFAS, EADS, and the UAS Project test site can continue projects that strengthen our nation’s security. It also will enhance Griffiss International Airport and the infrastructure …